Hugo and Nebula-winner Larry Niven's novels and short stories are considered hard science fiction. His writing is filled with technological marvels and speculative physics that enjoyably test the limits of the reader's imagination. Much of his work takes place in the near future or, at most, several hundred years hence. His inventive, world-building writing includes his Known Space stories and, most notably, his Ringworld series. Niven's books are action-packed and fast-paced; his writing has a light-hearted feel, avoiding space opera bombast in favor of good-natured, old-fashioned storytelling. Start with: Ringworld

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Hugo and Nebula-winner Larry Niven's novels and short stories are considered hard science fiction. His writing is filled with technological marvels and speculative physics that enjoyably test the limits of the reader's imagination. Much of his work takes place in the near future or, at most, several hundred years hence. His inventive, world-building writing includes his Known Space stories and, most notably, his Ringworld series. Niven's books are action-packed and fast-paced; his writing has a light-hearted feel, avoiding space opera bombast in favor of good-natured, old-fashioned storytelling. Start with: Ringworld